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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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